Located in Historic Downtown Summerville, South Carolina for over 16 years, Art Central Gallery is a cooperative fine art gallery featuring local, award-winning artists!
Visit us at 130 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC or on our website: www.artcgalleryltd.com

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Debbie Grogen will be exhibiting
her newest collection of paintings at Art Central Gallery during the month of
March. The show is titled “Water Works, Passages of Water”, and will
encompass a collection of paintings in ink, watercolor, oil, and pastel that
feature focal points of water in some form.

Why Water Works? Man has
always been inspired by water — hearing it, smelling it in the air,
playing in it, walking next to it, painting it, surfing, swimming or fishing in
it, writing about it, photographing it, and creating lasting memories along its
edge.

The muse is no less powerful for
Debbie and has stirred her to honor various bodies of water in her work.
Included in this exhibit are paintings of the Swamp Garden at Magnolia Gardens
and a marsh scene rendered in pastels, as well as a watercolor of cypress
stumps and trees in still, highly reflective water. There will be some
surprises for all to see incorporating water and the variety of different
mediums together. Please join us for the Third Thursday Reception
on March 16, 2017 at Art Central from 5:30-8:30 pm.

Monday, February 6, 2017

"February is the month of Hearts and ‘Be Mine', as in
Valentine. I’ve been reflecting on my
newer art and how it would relate to 'Be Mine'.
Even though I paint flowers and landscapes, my heart always returns to
my love of animals, and this year I have created 3 new pieces for the month of
February:

The turtle says to the sea: 'Be Mine’. Years ago I had the
pleasure of diving with sea turtles. In my memories they always seem to be
smiling, gracefully moving through the water as if to say: 'The sea is mine… it
belongs to me.'

If you venture out to the local plantations you will find
the animals, and among the animals you will find a 'Sassy' rooster saying to
the hens: 'Be Mine...you belong to me.'
He struts as he walks, scratching at the dirt, proud and puffed up. And if you arrive early enough, I’m sure you
would hear him wake up the farm with his morning hello.

'The Water’s Edge' is an image of the forest, where the baby
elephant greets the heron in the tall grass at the water’s edge. Though he may roam
through the forest and play among the trees, he will always return to the
water’s edge because the water says: 'Be Mine…you belong to me'.

Please enjoy my new pieces on display throughout the month
of February and be sure to stop by Art Central in Summerville and visit with me
on Feb. 16, 2017 (3rd Thursday) from 5:00 to 8:00 pm". - Artist Jan
Dalton